I was explaining this to my daughter in quite simplified terms the other day- we evolved to taste sugar and enjoy it because finding a sweet edible plant meant we had a source of energy to help us hunt that day. Pretty useful if you’re a hunter-gatherer.

So we seek out sugar. Now we can get it whenever we want it, in much more massive quantities than we are supposed to be processing. Most of us are addicted. I’m not an exception.

  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    Add me to the team that at least almost never adds sugar to any pasta sauce. In very rare occasions, I might add a tiny bit of honey, but I can’t remember the last time I did that.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
      1·
      20 hours ago

      And honey is sugar.

      The difference between it and table sugar is negligible from a glycemic response perspective.

      • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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        15 hours ago

        Of course honey is sugar. My point was that, regardless of the arrangement of molecules, I basically never use any sweetener